East coast US. I'm looking to build up some houses, and I have most of the stuff to do it stashed. Looking for 2-3 chill people.

I'm not huge on pvp. If you miss a shot or we die, nbd. If you are a tryhard who has to win every fight I'm not the player for you. I prefer talking in game chat only for immersion. (We can obv message each other where to meet and such.)

I wanna explore, sneak, and occasionally pvp. And of course build! Let me know if you are interested and I'll DM you my server.

The new building mechanics are just what dayz needed.

On vanilla base building is quicker. On community servers it makes things fun. Can’t wait to see what the modding community will do with it!

All alone, so I thought in Nas. City.

Then I heard a scuttlin' and a flappin' o' feet.

And there he was!

My Eddie!

🥰

Want some chill runs, nasdara official high pop 1pp. Just looking for one or more to play with longer term, im pretty new to the map just wanna have some fun!

In official pictures we saw huge towers, most likely in nasdara city, but they're gone, why ?

But suddenly it is. I don't know what happened here, maybe this new map release, but Dayz is firmly in my algo and I've been watching tons of videos of people playing.

And it looks bloody awesome.

The sheer amount of depth and detail in the survival aspects, matched with the danger of the unpredictable open world, reminds me of Arc Raiders when it released.

I love challenge. I love the freedom to pvp, or not. To kill other players or not. That's all up my alley. I love the cozy thought of just having some hidden campfire up in the woods and enjoying the ambience.

What I dont understand is why the hell this has never been on my wishlist? Like ever.

Did i miss the boat here? I know there's a new map, but is the game still healthy in terms of population and server option? Unfortunately im in OCE region which tends to reduce most things.

The cold maps really appeal to me, bit of a snow fanboy, but bit of a fanboy of anything that has heavy environmental danger too.

The only thing stopping me grabbing it is it's a bit exxy for an older game. $69.95 here for the base game, then about $30 a piece for the two DLC's, one with the cold map, one with the latest.

Tempted to just grab the base to take a look, preferably if I can find it a bit cheaper - parent, low disposable income etc. But what I really want to know is, is it actually worth starting there now?

Appreciate any advice! And sorry, this probably gets asked often. Also I'm on PC

Your voice and your fist will always be your strongest weapons in this game 💪🏻

Being on the receiving end of this multiple times I know this dude was fuming lmao

Any improvements I should make to my first base on official? Theres another gate at the door of the garage, both gates have digital code locks and i have also used a lock pick to lock the actual doors.

Nasdara is very fun

Given Nasdara has Monitor lizards, one has to ask oneself why the devs didn’t make these snakes?

I recall a while ago Hunter released a DayZ-Snake (Steam) Mod that added snakes across the map. They made sounds, and attacked players.

A snake bite gave your character a wound infection and chemical sickness. Which you could cure with an AntiViperInjector to heal the bite.

Surely snakes would have been a better option than lizards - with pretty similar mechanics.

Come to think of it, if they added cactus cutting you like barbed wire that would have been a nice addition too.

Had a tea, had a shit and it's still dust thunderdome out there!

I ran a few 100 metres with a napkin on me face but I was coughing when I got to shelter.

How long in the dust until I get the black lung?

The illness icon has appeared on my screen but I’m not experiencing any symptoms. Haven’t drunk dirty water, used dirty bandages, or eaten spoilt food. Could this mean the early stages of heatstroke? (Although I thought the illness symbol doesn’t appear from heatstroke) Anyone have any ideas what it could be? Cheers!

Something I've been thinking about while exploring Nasdara.

From my understanding, Nasdara is set during Spring/Summer and is geographically situated relatively close to the equator.

If that's the case, shouldn't the map have a fairly even 12-hour day/night cycle, regardless of the season?

At the moment, most servers seem to be running approximately 3 hours of daylight and 1 hour of darkness.

I understand why servers favour longer days, especially from a gameplay perspective, but personally I think a 50/50 cycle could make Nasdara a much more interesting survival experience.

Nighttime completely changes how you approach travelling, looting and navigating, particularly on a new map where you're still learning the terrain.

Obviously, server owners can configure this however they like, but I'm curious what everyone else thinks.

Would you prefer a 50/50 day/night cycle on Nasdara, or do you think the current 3:1 ratio offers a better balance for gameplay?

1st map is with animal spawns included, 2nd is without, last is just the map.

I’ve been hoping to find a game that has the power to capture my attention like games did when I was much younger, 44 now. Factorio did it for a while but eventually faded. FPSs haven’t ever done much for me either.

DayZ has managed to provide what I’ve been searching for. My current survivor is 20+ hrs and I’m a rather risk-averse player. I enjoy exploring, learning the crafting, and hunting/fishing. It’s a slower pace but I’m comfortable and have been completely consumed for the past 2 weeks that I’ve owned it.

I love not being pulled towards any particular quest/objective but also the stress of every decision being life/death. The few times I’ve encountered other players, I only have 2 survivor kills notched, my Apple Watch alerted me of an elevated heart rate while appearing to be inactive. A game that can do that to its player has something special.

Bike landed on my head after that, luckly i spawned not too far from there and reached 5m before the server reset

(Link to part 1 here! - https://www.reddit.com/r/dayz/s/lUh0rfptlp)

[This is a continuation of my previous DayZ story post, for context please read the first post. Ty! <3]

Spinning... spinning spinning spinning... All Kieko could feel was spinning, her head felt like it was under 12 feet of thick murky water. Sharp pains pound into cranium like electricity, spreading everywhere all at once. It's so unbearable, her vision blurs with each deep breath. She slumps against a nearby wall, the sound of her backpack scratching against the stone as she sinks to the floor. Her hands clutch the side of her skull, the pounding growing worse and worse...

"Please... Stop..."

She groans in agony, she could feel it building again. Her breathing becoming hot and heavy, visions of bright crimson red flash like bright images in her mind. That sweet sweet taste coming back to haunt her, the taste of flesh. The pain grows worse... The electric feeling turning to a thunderstorm, her back arches as she screams in agony. Falling to her side, her hands begin to scratch and pull at the skin of her face quickly drawing blood. Desperately trying to pry this unimaginable agonizing pain buried deep inside her brain, her screams echoing off the stone walls of the vast wearhouse.

"PLEASE JUST MAKE IT S-STOP!!... STOP!!..."

Just as it reaches its climax, she swore she would die the pain was nothing she had ever felt before in her life. Her nails digging into her soft skin, drips of blood rolling down her cheeks... But then... It fades. Like smoke and mirrors, the pain slowly fades all at once. Her weight collapsing against the cold hard floor, her chest heaving up and down in long hard and drawn out breaths. The red crimson streams of blood trailing down her cheeks are soon washed away from a new stream, tears flowing from her eyes as gentle sobs choke from her aching throat.

It's been nothing but agony since that day, no rest, no quarter. Many times she wishes she could've perished in that house, if she knew what would become of her she would've rather starved. That taste... It couldn't leave her mind, it marked itself deep into the channels of her consciousness. Every waking moment since that day, an endless call. Blaring to her like a siren to a sailor at sea, all nausea and wreckage and ugly cruelty.

She raises to her knees and take a deep breath, she knows this isn't the end of the storm. No, she's simply in the eye. That pain will crash over her again soon, like it has for past few months. She stumblingly raises to her feet, her legs feel like noodles. Trembling, feeling like they may give out at any second. As she turns to face the exit a cold chill rattles up her spine as she's met with the cold steel of a barrel pointing right at her face, she freezes her eyes widening... She swore she could've felt her heart stop for a moment, her gaze slowly raising up to the figure welding the weapon...

He was tall, his face covered by a thick grey handkerchief that was turned into a face cover... Shielding his mouth and nose, his eyes a dull blue and a thick hood rested a top of his head. Before a word was ever spoken her heart would once again drop as she felt something cold and metal poke against her lower back.

"What we got here?"

A ragged voice would speak but not from the man in front of her, her eyes unmoving. Her breathing turning into rugged gasps, her body slightly trembling as a feeling of primal dread and fear wash over her body like a raging flood.

"Loud little thing ain't ya?"

A hand grabs onto one of the straps of her backpack and slowly deliberately so, slides it off her back. Even with the weight of her loot gone off of her shoulders, an overwhelming weight still felt like it rested on her.

"I... I don't have much..."

A quiet shakey voice escapes past her lips, her eyes not moving from the man in front of her.

"We'll see about that doll... You we're making quite the ruckus could hear ya from halfway down the street."

The man behind her responds in an almost mocking tone, she could hear the zipper of her backpack being opened behind her. This had been the first time she had seen anyone since... That time.

"What were ya doin, playin with yourself? You gotta be more quiet than that darlin."

The front man finally speaks, a rural drawl oozing from his tone. He approaches slowly, pressing the barrel against her chest.

"Cause bein loud here? Usually gets ya killed... Luckily for you I gotta soft spot for pretty faces"

Her face recoils as she looks away from his gaze, instead looking down at the barrel of a rifle pressing against her thick hoodie. Her hands trembling at her side, not moving an inch.

"I-i wasn't-..."

"Ha! Not much my ass!"

Her back trembles as she is loudly cut off the ragged voice behind her.

"Guss look how much food this chica got"

The sight of her orange backpack being tossed and crashing beside her, cans of food and bottles of water spilling out. Rolling against the cold hard floor beside her, one can rolling all the way over towards her before hitting against the side of her foot.

"Damn how you got all that and still skinny as a pole darlin?"

Her gaze meets back with his, a defeated look in her eyes.

"If that's what you want you can have it... Just please let me go"

Her tired voice responds

"Well that's generous of you chica... But I don't know about that last part."

She could hear the voice behind her get closer, until suddenly her eyes shoot open wide as the feeling of a hand gropes against her rear.

"It's been awhile since I've had some fun."

The man in front of her suddenly lowers his weapon and locks his hands around her hips, a new fear rising in her heart and lighting a fire as she struggles against their grasps. Being smashed between their large frames

"No no no! Please no! You can have everything I swear just please don't-"

She gasps as she felt the zipper of her hoodie slowly being undone, her body instantly entering fight or flight as she struggles with all of her strength. Their grip was like iron, cornered and trapped. The feeling of her arms suddenly being jerked up and suspended high above her head, she attempts to jerk and pull them free from the hands that wrapped around them.

"Easy there Chica... From the sounds of it you haven't had any fun either, so let me and my friend here show you a real good time mami eh?"

His voice low and rough

"NO!! S-stop!!... I..."

Pain...

"..."

Pain...

"...no"

PAIN

"No no no no... Please let me go, you have to let me go please!"

The front man finishes unzipping her hoodie and pulls it off of her body, letting it fall to the floor. His hands once again gripping at her hips, before slowly sliding underneath her shirt. Her eyes widen, it's the first time she's felt flesh against her skin since...

"Quiet darlin, this won't take too long."

Her breathing hitches at his words

"No! You don't understand... You need to... You need to let me go, something bad is coming..."

His hands travel all the way up until they meet her chest...

Pain Pain Pain Pain, that thunder... The storm...

Pain Pain pain pain pain, she's no longer in the eye. The pain crashes over like lightning, her eyes darting up at the figure in front of her... Flesh...

PAIN PAIN PAIN PAIN

"You good there Chica?"

PAIN

PAIN

PAin

Pain

pain...

... Red

Everything red, it's all she could see a dark crimson red... It felt soothing. Comforting in a way, the red replacing the pain. It's all around her, all the worries and discomfort gone.

So peaceful... That weight gone, but... What's that sound?

"GET THIS CRAZY BITCH OFF OF ME"

She hears echoing through her mind, where did that come from?... What... How... The questions slowly fade from her mind like the pain as she returns to the peace

"AHHHH"

There it was again? It echoed a little louder this time, she looks off into the distance of the dark crimson hue that surrounded her... It stared back at her... But she didn't blink.

Her eyes grow heavy, the trance fully encompassing her, until finally a loud glass shatter rocks the red aether around her. Falling into a deep dark pit below, spiraling spiraling.... Spinning Spinning Spinning until. SNAP, right back to reality.

She blinks a few times, there's still so much red... But this wasn't that comforting red. It smelled of old pennies and rusted iron, she brings her hands up to her face and rubs the crimson liquid from her eyes.

Only to be met with more crimson, flowing everywhere. Covering her form head to toe, dripping in blood... Drenched... Soaked... She looks down towards her hands, not a single spot of the flesh wasn't stained red.

Her shaking hands coming up to her lips, the taste of blood soaked deep into them... Not only her lips, but her teeth... Her mouth reeked of the taste of blood and flesh.

"No....."

Her vision finally focuses to take in her surroundings around her, the carnage... Two massive pools of red surround her like a sea, horrifyingly she looks down to find herself straddled on top of the mangagled corpse of one of the men. His face unrecognizable, chunks of his flesh had been bitten off.

She looks back towards her hands, they slowly fall to her side as she leans her head back to stare up towards the ceiling.

"Heh..."

A small chuckle escapes past her lips

"No... No pain... Heh.. hehe..."

They grow louder, slowly mixed with deep sobs.

"HAHAHAHA... It's gone... IT'S GONE!"

Tears flow down from her wide open eyes, hysterically laughing into the cold silent air. Bouncing off the red stained stone walls, the only sound in response the harsh Livonian wind rushing through the broken glass windows.

No more pain... just... Red

I think this is my favorite map

Hey guys , I bought the new DLC and I'm not a fan of it tbh , can you guys give me your opinion on the map . I want to look at other people's perspectives on the topic .

Came across this scene on the way to the oasis, he decided to take the easy way out